Bra Boys director Sunny Abberton has confirmed the feature adaptation of the successful documentary is set to begin production in July.
The companies have formed a joint venture to develop, produce and finance six feature length animation and hybrid animation projects over the next five years.
Faraway Films Entertainment's Lynda Heys and Steve Turnbull are heading to LA this weekend to take meetings for their feature film 'The Road Less Traveled', which they developed last year via Imagine Entertainment's Impact program.
Imagine Impact, the content accelerator program created by Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, is heading to Australia.
"Australians have proven over the years to have really interesting, fresh points of view and stories to tell that connect with audiences. More than ever audiences are hungry for those unique stories and voices."
In 1961 New Zealand couple Beth and Ivan Hodge set off in their newly acquired VW Beetle on an extended honeymoon, driving from London to Calcutta.
Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives', based on the Thai caves rescue, is the latest in a string of international projects headed to Australia, due to shoot in the Gold Coast from March.
Screen Queensland has partnered with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s talent development company Impact Creative Systems to offer four paid attachments on Howard's upcoming film 'Thirteen Lives'.